Couch-platform for ships.



L. GpSARICH.

COUCH PLATFORM FOR SHIPS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1917.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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LOUIS G. SARIGI-I, OF SOUTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COUCH-PLATFORM FOR SHIPS.

Application filed. May 8, 1917.

' and useful Improvements in Couch-Platforms for Ships, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in couchplatforms for ships.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a resilientlymounted platform or couch for employment upon shipboard, the devicebeing so arranged that the sup porting portion thereof will constantlyre main horizontal.

A further object of the device is the provision of a couch for shipsadapted for maintenance horizontally during the rock ing movement of thevessel, resilient supports being provided for the structure.

WVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and thenclaimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device with one-half ofthe platform removed.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device partially taken in section upon lineTIL-III of Fig. 2.

Figs. 1 and 5 are enlarged detail views of the spring members employedpartially shown in section, upon lines IVIV and VV respectively, of Fig.1, and,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the bolsters employed with itsspindles.

The present device contemplates the provision of a rectangular frame 10rigidly mounted upon the deck 11 of a vessel adapted for horizontallysupporting a couch or platform 12.

The platform 12 is provided with bolsters 13 oppositely positioned andsecured longitudinally beneath the platform by screws 14. Each bolster13 provides an end block 15 and a connecting beam 16, the latter havinga central upwardly projecting protubew Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 4t, 1917.

Serial No. 167,211.

ance 17 the upper faces of said blocks and protuberances being in thesame plane for supporting the platform 12 thereon, it being understoodthat the screws 14 engage within sockets 18 in the said faces.

A spindle 19 is pivoted as at 20 to each of the blocks 15 and isarranged laterally of the platform 12, projecting outwardly of theadjacent longitudinal side thereof at a point above the arcuate trackportion 21 of one side of the frame 10. 3

In a similar manner, spindles 22 are pivoted as at 23 to the oppositeend portions 24 of each bolster 13 for projecting outwardly of the endsof the platform 12 within arouate track portions 25 of the opposite endsof the frame 10. The pivots 20 and 23 are all arranged in the sameplane, which plane is parallel to the platform 12, thereby normallypositioning the spindles 19 and 22 in a plane parallel to the platform,it being noted that the spindles 22 extend past the adjacent posts 15.

A grooved roller or wheel 26 is freely slidably arranged upon each ofthe spindles l9 and 22, the said rollers being positioned for travelingupon the arcuate tracks 21 and 25. Leaf springs 27 are attached as at 28beneath the platform 12 and as at 29 to the spindles 22 or the wheels 26positioned at the ends of the device, it being understood that saidspindles 22 are of greater length than the side spindles 19. Bow springs30 are secured as at 31 beneath the platform 12 and as at 32 to theupper sides of the side spindles 19, said springs 30 being arrangedadjacent the pivoting blocks 15, while the blocks 15 are arrangedbetween the end springs 27 and the pivoting bolster portions 2 1 of theend spindles 22.

The complete operation of the device will be apparent from this detaileddescription thereof, it being understood that when set up for use, asbest illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, the spindles 19 and22 re siliently support the platform 12 by means of the springs 27 and30, the action of the springs being simultaneous with the pivotalmovement of the spindles. All of the wheels 26 are free to move upon thetracks 21 and 25 so that during the rolling and tossing movements of theship, the platform 12 may slightly move longitudinally or transverselysuch movement in one direction being permitted by the slidablearrangement of the wheels 26 upon the spindles 11.9 and; 22. The

tilting movements of the deck 11 and the frame 10, in effect move thetracks 21 and 25 beneath the wheels 26, permitting the latter to turn ineither direction while the weight of the platform 12 and the mechanismor load carried thereby automatically returns the device to a horizontalposition when the frame 10' is restored to such position, while thepresent manner of mounting the wheels 26 upon the frame 12 tends toautomatically maintain the platform in its initial position assumed uponthe beginning of the operation of the device.

A platform for couch or other purposes is arranged which is suitablycushioned and is maintained unaffected by movements of the ship andassists in the comfort and safety of the passengers.

lVhat I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described com prising arectangular base having arcuate side and end track portions, a platfrom,

- spindles pivotally carried by the platform projecting adjaeentthe saidtrack portions, and wheels slidably journaled upon the said spindles andmounted upon said track portions. c

2. A ships couch comprising a platform having arcuate side and endtracks, pairs of wheels "operatively arranged upon said tracks, asupporting platform, andspindles pivoted beneath said platform and uponwhich the said wheels are slidably journaled.

3. A ships couch comprising a platform, opposite bolsters carried by theplatform,

longitudinally and transversely positioned spindles pivoted to the saidbolster, arcuate end and side tracks beneath said platform,

and grooved Wheels upon the said tracks slidably journaled upon saidspindles.

l. A device of the class described comprising a rectangular frame havingarcuate side and end tracks, a platform, opposite bolsterslongitudinally secured beneath said platform having end portions andterminal end blocks, transversely-arranged spindles pivoted in saidblocks, longitudinally arranged spindles pivoted in said end portions ofthe bolster, and grooved wheels upon the said spindles shiftablyarranged upon the said tracks. 7 l

5. A device of the class described comprising a rectangular frame havingarcuate side and end tracks, a platform, opposite bolsterslongitudinally secured beneath said LOUIS "G. SARIGH.

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